Bag frame



W. C. HIERING Aug. 23g-'1932.

BAG FRAME Filed Oct. 28, 1929 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 23, 1932 WILLIAM c. HrnRrNG, oF NEWARK, NEW JnnsEmAssIGNon. 'ro-mn, -MERGoT'r oo.,.oF

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A oomgomirromon .DELAWARE f s BAG FRAM-E appuanon mea october 28,1929; semina-402,894. p

the 'aperturesl 11, and? beyond the Harige 5315 This invention relates to hand bags and more particularly to frames and latching devices for such bags.

It is an object of this invention to pro- S vide a hand bag frame having a latching device therefor so arranged that no parts project outwardly from the frame. v Y

A further object is the provision of a hand bag frame Which Will greatly facilitate the manufacture of hand bags and materially reduce the cost thereof.

rihese and other advantageous objects, Which Will later appear, are accomplished by the simple and practical construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanying' drawing, formingpart hereof, and in Which :V

Figure 1 represents a plan view of the hand bag frame and latch therefor.

Figure 2 represents a sectional view of the hand bag employing the frame.

Figure 3 represents an exploded perspective vieW of a latch used in connection With the frame.

F igure l represents a View of a section of the frame and the latch vieWed from the side opposite to that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 5 shows a hand bag embodying the invention. e i

Referring to the drawing, the bag frame is shown to comprise tWo substantially U- shaped channelled members 5 and 6, hingedly connected together. The leather or fabric covering 7 of a handbag, together With a 5 lining 8, has its free ends tightly clamped in the channels of the frame members.

Fixed to the underside of a horizontal portion of frame member 6 is a casing 9 having upstanding prongs 10 Which are adapted to be passed through apertures in the bottom of the channel in member 6, and bent over t0 securely hold the casing 9.

as shown in Figure 3, the casing is provided With apertures 11 through Which pass a shaft 13, the latter being providedWith flattened portions 14.-14 adapted to cooperate With springs 12 and 12', positioned in the casing, to hold the shaft in certain positions.

@D Integral flanges 15 and 15 substantially lil the shaft has'falargerfrflange' QGWVhiClr'abut/s v against'the frame! and limtsfmovemen'tfin one direction of the shaft. E l:Extending; 'outwardly fromqflangerfth'e shaftisconsderablyenlarged as=shtovvn at '17 in EFigure 3=,this enlarged portion-being 'provided With oppositely Vdisposed creces-ses '18 adapted '.toreceive tlre'spri'nfg'- forks' .254"o'f`'a handle-23,1057 means yo'ffwhiehthe shafts f may berot'ated;` y' a 1,

In'.- order `'toprot'e'ct the bag coveringfrom Wear Ydu'efto the f movement off-:handle 23", fa

Washer i19fs' preferablydsposedbetween the covering andthe har'1dl`e23.'` Y The shaftf 13 Vextends beyond flangeD E15 `=to a' point beneath the 'horizontal portionrof framememberrf,Where a vseni-terru1arfarrge 16 on the shaft 13 is adaptedt'o ente'r'thevr'ecessed portion 22"oftheflugiQOgithellatter5being 1securedtotlrreframe*memberf fbFy means oflprongs Q1.

From the foregoing' description Vit Will be and' `convenientlyjattached to' fthe underside ofthe horizontal ap ortonof airframe member,

Y thus presentingrno obstructionstopreventthe propercliamping of theba'g covering-'material in'thefchanne'ls"ofthe'framefmembers. f

' Atthe same time, 1`-the -1 1arr'angementiof the frame members vandthe" latch therefor enable seen that'theflatching'device fmayfbe readily the production offabag in'1Which`1the-re lare Y constructedH including many l 2 modifications Without departing from ftheH general"scope herein indicated Tanddenotedy in the appended claims.v Y y "Having thus describ'edlmy invention, what I claim as-nevvifand desire tofsecureby Letters Patent, is;

1'.k ,A hand-beg ventre @mpeg-ingestemd members hinged together', each memberlbeiigr Cf be passed over the outer surfaces of the outer Walls of the channels and over the topY edges channelled inwardly to provide spaced inner and outer walls extending upwardly, and outwardly, whereby the upper and outer ends of the handbag fabric can be passed over the outer surfaces of the outer walls lof the channels and over the top edges of suchwalls andsecured in position in such channels,k and latching means comprising a studhaving a recess Amounted on the bottom wall of one member, and a 'shaftrotatably mountedfvon'` the bottom wall of thev other member,` said shaft having a semi-circular ange arranged to enter the recess in the stud, said shaft exl tending through and operable vfrom the outsideV of the hand bag fabric.

"12; In la handbagframe comprising "Us October, 1929.

the first mentioned latching element, said rotatable latching element depending from the underside of the other frame member, said rotatable latching element extending through and operable from the outside of the hand bag fabric.

This specification signed this 25th WILLIAM C. HIERING.

shaped members hinged together, each memberbeing channelledn inwardly to provide spaced inner and outer walls extending up- 1 f wardly and outwardly, whereby the upper and outer endsofthe handbag fabric canbe passedV over the outerY surfaces of the outer walls ofthe channels and'over the top edges of such walls and secured in position ini such Y channels, a latching means comprising a stud having a recess mounted on the bottom wall of one member` ya shaft rotatably' mounted on the1bott'om,wall of the other member, said shaft having asemi-circular flange arranged yto enter the recess in the stud, and resilient meansl to retain the shaft in either an( unlatched or latched position, said shaftextending through and operable from the outside'of the handbag fabric. l f

3. In a handbag .frame Vcomprising U- shaped members hinged together, each memday rof ber being channelled inwardly to provide spaced innerl and outer iwalls extending upw'ardly and outwardly,r whereby the upper through and operable from the outside ofthe hand bag fabric.

lL'ln a handbag having a frame comprising yU-sh'aped membershinged together,

' each memberbeing channelled inwardly vto provide spaced'inner and vouter'walls extending upwardly and outwardly whereby the fu'pf per and outer ends of theihandbagfabric'can of such walls and Lsecured in position in'such channels, a latching element depending from the undersidel of one .frame member, and a rotatable flatching element cooperating with 

